Show Sennett Comedians I ITell Tell Dangers of I i Acting for Camera Till TH sun sua was Y laving a lit little le flirtation flir lir- lir tation with a black cloud so there was vas nothing for tor it that morning morn morn- ins ing irig at the tho Mack Sennett stu studio lo but butto butto butto to sit lown and wait The Time talk turned to to- accidents Did I ever e get hurt gro groaned ned Hen lien Turpin Sa Say one da day I 1 was doing oln a scene where Billy Dilly Armstrong Armstrong Arm rm strong was ns to hit mo mc with a prop statue It was supposed to be ho one of or those breakaway things made mado out of plaster you OU can break eai them with a a. flip Clip of or your finger Well Vell Y ll some bonehead prop boy got mixed in his dope lope and hands Billy u mL statuette mn made e out of ot solid Tn In Vila hie hili hir ti K 1 h. h U 1 a- a take notice of oC the weight and when the director gives him the signal he gives cs mo rae a thump with all his might ml-ht on my bean hean The next I knew I gave gac a a. yell and grabbed him by bj the throat At lea least t I thought I was grabbing g him b by bythe bythe the throat I 1 h heard ard my wife give an awful yell ell and I realized it was washer washer washer her and not BUl Billy Armstrong I 1 was choking choking- I had been cuckoo home in bed with a doctor and a trained nurse fur for two day days Another time continued Den Ben I r Iwas Iwas was working in a a. western estern comedy and the villain ln kicked all m my front teeth out b by mistake Sa Say you Jcu h haven't went an anything on oit me aid Charlie Murra Murray One Onetime Onetime time 1 I was work working InS InS' in the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- on n a comedy In which the villain is supposed to be e a German dynamite fiend lend TIme The prop bo boy was supposed to l. l load ad that bomb up imp with Just enough h explosive e to make male a bOo good u r-u puff of ot smoke ln le Sn Stay t r. Una thi lad larl mu mutt must t have havo a a. cousin to the lad who sho Mew blew up the thc He put in enough powder Jowder to blow up a Furthermore he set the tho fuse wrong I was just telling the time di director director dj- dj rector to tie m myself to a tree and was wai over that thal bomb when the timing thinS went o off in m my face It t prett pretty near caved my 01 map in n Th Time The whole place was as on fire tire including m my clothes I The director gave ga a 3 yell ell The Time assistant director had a first aid I package While he ho was wrapping me up In bandages the director got gotan gotan an nn automobile and we be began an a wild ride for or the city A motorcycle cop held hold ip Jp his han hand to stop us but the time bo boya Just lowered the time banda bandage e and showed him my face Without a lost motion the cop turned and led the procession Into town waving way way- Jn ing- ing the tr traffic ic out of the lie way a You Youcan Youcan Youcan can imagine how my 01 wife felt Cell when that procession h heaved a Insi in insight si sight ht Little Marie arie Prevost sighed hed One Oneda da day I was working on a water picture picture pic plc- ture at Balboa I had to help an another another aim an- other girl Irl haul up a deep sea nea mon muon- monster monster ster on a a. windlass We Ye were windIng winding wind wind- Ing up the windlass for fOl dear life lire when something slipped The han han- tile ile flopped back and hit lilt me Just below tile the temple Time The doctor said ald I u n IL Ii L I 11 au nau an men or lower or something I would havo hao killed As it was sas I was in a a. o l Hospital most all the rest o of that summer Another time lime I was doing a a. com com- cd ody edy on a wire which time the leading man was supposed to bo bt holding He lie got ot a great reat Idea Idea- and turned to holler holier to the time director about it forgetting all about me I I fell ell twelve feet on to a a. cement floor on the side of or In ill my face lace and 1 III my elbow Gee twelve feet fet was ca easy y sighed Jadd Jaddy McGuire One da day I was doing a a. acrobatic stunt on a wire stretched over oer a canyon load VOt One end of the wire was as hitched to the tho limb of a tree treo on Oit tho the e edge go of or the time canyon Just Justas as I got ot out in tho middle th the linb roke and 1 I fell tell thirty seven feet Ceet down on to a paved ed road I 1 knocked rl out half halt my 1113 teeth brol broke e five ribs and and and- Heres the tho sun cried the time di director director director di- di rector an and time the camera camern got ot hus busy again I |